Covenantal biomedical ethics for contemporary medicine : an alternative to principles-based ethics / James J. Rusthoven ; foreword by Craig G. Bartholomew
Part 1. The rise and dominance of principles-based biomedical ethics. The rise of principlism in response to an ethical crisis -- Challenges to principlism -- Perspectives on principles from diverse faith traditions -- Richness and depth of understanding within faith traditions -- Part 2. A modest proposal for a biblical covenantal biomedical ethic. Conceptual support for covenantal biomedical ethics -- Groundwork for a contemporary covenantal ethic -- Envisioning medicine within a covenantal ethic -- The four principles revisited -- Epilogue: The end of the beginning
Notes
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Bristol, 2011, under title: A Christian covenantal ethical model for biomedical ethics : an alternative to principles-based ethics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-300) and index